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Unseat

/ʌnˈsiːt/

To throw from one's seat; to deprive of a seat.

📖 Definitions of "Unseat"

verb
  1. 1

    To throw from one's seat; to deprive of a seat.

    "The frightened horse reared up and unseated its rider."

  2. 2

    To deprive of the right to sit in a legislative body, as for fraud in election, or simply by defeating them in an election.

    "Having lost her seat to a Tory, she succeeded in unseating him in the next general election."

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